Combined toy and ornament



Dec. 30, l 924.

W. KRAGIEL COMBINED TOY AND ORNAMENT Filed May 19, 1.922

Patented Dec. 30, 1924. r mamas UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM KRAGIEL, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED TOY AND QRNAMENT.

Application filed May 19, 1922. Serial No. 562,168.

To all whom it may concern: connected with a device 16, which in the Be it known that 1, WILLIAM KRAGIEL, a present instance, is shown as a toy aeroplane.

citizen out the United States, residing at A Christmas tree is shown at 17, the said Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State tree consisting of the usual base 18, trunx of New Jersey, have invented new and 19, and limbs 20. Candles 21 are supported 0 useful Improvements in a Combined Toy by the limbs 20. The tip of the tree has and Ornament, of which the following is a secured thereto a pintle 22, for rotatably specification. supporting the toy or ornament 10.

lhis invention relates to a combined toy In operation, the heat produced by the and Christmas tree ornament. candles 21 tend to rise, thereby creating a 55 The principal object of this invention is draft sufiicient to revolve the fan. In rethe provision of a combined toy and ornavolving, the aeroplanes 16, will be swung out ment which is intended for use upon a around the tree, giving them a realistic ap- Christmas tree and when so used, will add pearance, which will greatly add to the 15 to its beauty in addition to being amusing. beauty of the tree as well as being amusing. to

Another object of this invention is the While there has been shown and described provision of a device consisting of a fan, one form of the invention, no limitations means for rotatably securing said fan to are necessarily made to the exact detail of the tip of a Christmas tree, candles arranged construction, but that changes, modifica' it! on the limbs of said tree for producing heat tions and alterations as come within the 65 whereby the fan is revolved, and devices in claim, may be resorted to when so desired. the nature of toy aeroplanes depending What is claimed as new is from said fan. As a new article of manufacture a com- VVith the above and other objects in view bined ornament and toy for Christmas trees 35 which will appear as the nature of the incomprising a member having a hub and a T0 vention is better understood, the same conband encircling said hub, a plurality of sists in the improved construction and novel radially disposed vanes connecting said hub arrangements of parts which will hereinwith said band, a removable tubular pintle after be fully described and particularly adapted to be attached to the tip of a so pointed out in the claim. Christmas tree and having a tapered end, T In the accompanying drawings which a bearing in said hub for removably reforms a part of this application. ceiving said pintle for supporting said mem- Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the ber above the tree, a plurality of devices device applied to a Christmas tree. suspended from said band by means of :35 Figure 2, is a detail sectional view. flexible cables and candles adapted to be 80 Figure 3, is a plan view of the fan. suspended from said band by means o1 Referring more particularly to the drawsaid member whereby the heat from said ings the reference numeral 10 denotes the candles Wlll co-act with the vanes of said toy or ornament in its entlrety, the same member for causing the same to revolve 4 ronsisting ot' a fan 11, having a hub or bearabout the tree and causing the figure to ing 12. Radiating from the hub 12 are a swing outward by centrifugal force as and plurality of vanes 13, the extremity of said for the purpose specified.

vanes being secured to a ring or band lt. In testimony whereof I have affixed my Cables 15, have one end connected to the signature.

band 14, the other end of said cables being WILLIAM KRAGIEL. 

